User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Quick Setup Guide MFC-8870DW
- Symbols used in this guide
 - Table of Contents
 - Getting Started
 - STEP 1 Setting Up the Machine
- 1 Install the drum and toner cartridge unit assembly
 - 2 Load paper in the paper tray
 - 3 Release the scanner lock
 - 4 Install the power cord and phone line
 - 5 Setting the date and time
 - 6 Setting your station ID
 - 7 Tone and pulse dialling mode
 - 8 Setting the phone line type
 - 9 Selecting a receive mode
 - 10 Setting the LCD contrast
 
 - STEP 2 Installing the Driver & Software
- Supplied CD-ROM ‘MFL-Pro Suite’
 - Windows®
- For USB Interface Cable Users (For Windows® 98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional/XP/ XP Professional x64 Edition)
 - For Parallel Interface Cable Users (For Windows® 98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional/XP/ XP Professional x64 Edition)
 - For Windows NT® Workstation Version 4.0 Users (For Parallel Interface Cable Users)
 - For Wired Network Interface Users (For Windows® 98/98SE/Me/NT/2000 Professional/XP/ XP Professional x64 Edition)
 - For Wireless Network Users (For Windows® 98/98SE/Me/NT/2000 Professional/XP/ XP Professional x64 Edition in infrastructure mode)
 
 - Macintosh®
 
 - For Network Users
- Installing the BRAdmin Professional configuration utility (For Windows® users)
 - Setting your IP address, Subnet Mask and Gateway using BRAdmin Professional (For Windows® users)
 - BRAdmin Light configuration utility (For Mac OS® X users)
 - How to set the machine’s network settings to wireless LAN or wired LAN
 - Restoring the network settings to factory default
 
 - Options and Consumables
 - brother UK/IRE/SAF
 
 
Installing the Driver & Software
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Macintosh
®
Macintosh
®
Wired 
Network
16 Click Add.
17 Make the selection shown below. 
Note
For Mac OS
®
 X 10.4 users, go to step 18.
18 Choose your model name and then click Add.
For Mac OS
®
 X 10.2.4 to 10.3.x users
For Mac OS
®
 X 10.4 or greater users
19 Click Printer Setup Utility, then 
Quit Printer Setup Utility.
The MFL-Pro Suite, Printer Driver, 
Scanner Driver and ControlCenter2 have 
been installed.
For configuration of advanced network 
functions such as LDAP, Scan to FTP and 
Fax to Server, see the Software and Network 
User’s Guides located on the CD-ROM.
20 To install Presto!
®
 PageManager
®
, click the 
Presto! PageManager icon and follow the 
on-screen instructions.
Note
When Presto!
®
 PageManager
®
 is installed OCR 
capability is added to the Brother ControlCenter2. 
You can also easily scan, share, and organize 
photos and documents using 
Presto!
®
PageManager
®
.
Presto!
®
 PageManager
®
 has been 
installed and the installation is now 
complete.










